Test 6 · ★★ · Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?
A boy wants to secretly film his cousin being pranked to post online. What should he ask himself first?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: want, film, prank, post, ask · To what, where: cousin, boy
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 204 «Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: A boy wants to secretly film his cousin being pranked to post online.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 film | mark |
| 5 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 6 film | advmod |
| 6 | film | film | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 8 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 film | obj |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 pranked | aux:pass |
| 10 | pranked | prank | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 cousin | acl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 post | case |
| 12 | post | post | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 pranked | xcomp |
| 13 | online | online | ADV | _ | 12 post | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a boy | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | film not said to happen | to-infinitive | a boy not said here | boy's cousin | secretly property | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cousin=Theme | |||
| 3 | prank | gerund · passive | boy's cousin not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | post | infinitive | online property | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What should he ask himself first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 ask | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 ask | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ask | nsubj |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 ask | obj |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 ask | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | should | boy | boy | first property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Whether the camera has enough battery
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 4 has | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 camera | det |
| 3 | camera | camera | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 battery | amod |
| 6 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the camera | enough battery | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Patient |
Option 2
Whether the video will get lots of likes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 5 get | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 video | det |
| 3 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 get | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 likes | case |
| 8 | likes | like | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lots | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | the video | lots of likes | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lot=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Whether his cousin would agree to being shown to many people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 5 agree | mark |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 agree | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 agree | aux |
| 5 | agree | agree | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 8 shown | mark |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 shown | aux:pass |
| 8 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 agree | xcomp |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 people | case |
| 10 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 people | amod |
| 11 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 shown | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | would | his cousin | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | show not said to happen | gerund · passive | his cousin not said here | many people | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: to people=Recipient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Whether his cousin will find out who posted it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 5 find | mark |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 find | aux |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 find | compound:prt |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 posted | nsubj |
| 8 | posted | post | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 find | ccomp |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 posted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find out | future | his cousin | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | post | past | cousin | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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